ECL.49-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.49-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Five Tortola Black Dogs or Hodge Dogs
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
'Hodge dogs' were a variant of Tortola Black Dogs thought to have been produced as tokenage for the use of slaves on the Caribbean plantations on the island of Tortola owned by Arthur William Hodge (1763-1811).
Other number
2025/15
Description
Content (description)
Five coins being Cayenne two sous pieces or similar, couterstamped with an incuse capital 'H'.
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 22mm
Material
metal
Production
Date
1800
Note
Produced in Tortola around 1800?
History and association
Previous ownership
